Belt-buckle.



D. M. COHN.

BELT BUCKLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 29. ISIS.

1,227,998. Patented May 29, -1917.

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BELT-BUCKLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 29, 1917.

Application filed ma 29, 1916. Serial No. 100,545.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID M. CORN, a citizen of the United States,residing at vansville, county of Vanderburg, and State of Indiana, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Belt-Buckles, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relatesito belt buckles.

Wearers of mens belts encou: ter a tendency of the belt buckle and frontportion of the belt to rise and override the upper edge of the trousers,thus detracting from a neat appearance. Cloth loops have been providedon the front of the trousers waistbandto hold the belt down at thispoint, but the dressy appearance of the buckle is thereby marred.

The object of my invention is the provision, on a belt buckle having afront plate which is designed to overlie the adjustable belt end, and acam gripping bail or loop adapted to clamp the said belt end, of afinger or hook carried by said bail 0r loop engage the garment .toobviate the above-mentioned tendency and to improve the dressyappearance of the buckle and belt.

Certain modifications of the invention are hereinafter described and setforth in the acconipanyin drawings to illustrate that it Y may assumeifi'erent forms, but as the invention is susceptible of otherembodiments in other forms, the disclosure is to be considered asillustrative, rather than restrictive, of the scope of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figures 1 and 2 are rear perspective views showing two different formsof the invention.

end is entered between the Referring first to Fig. 1, the buckle plateor body 1 has rear flanges 2 in which is journaled at 3 the loop 4:having cam or wedge bar 5. One end of he belt is made fast to the loop 4and the other, or loose, flanges 2 and clamped against the rear face ofbody 1 by the cam or wedge bar 5 In Fig. 1, the hinged loop 4 having cam5 is located substantially centrally of the body 1 and carries the fixedhook or finger 11 and is adapted for use where a vertical cloth loop ison the outer part of the-trousers waistband at the front thereof, thehook 11 engaging such cloth loop.

In the form shown in Fig. 2, the hook 12, corresponding to hook 11, isdisposed nearer the open loop a. 7 I

In the forms of Fi s. 1 and 2, the loop, cam, and'hook are ma e as asingle, integral stamping, rendering them inexpensive to produce but theinvention is not thus limited nor to the general central location of thehinges 3, asmodifications of these features may be resorted to.

Having thus described my. What I claim as new and desire to LettersPatent, is

A belt buckle having a front plate deinvention, secure by signed tooverlie the adjustable belt end, a

cam loop hinged to said front plate adapted for attachment to the fixedbelt end and for clamping the adjustablebelt end, and a fixed hookcarried bythe cam loop.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto afl'ix my signature.

DAVID M. GOHN.

